Optical Observations of a Lunar Meteor Event during Leonid Meteor Showers in 2001

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Title:	Optical Observations of a Lunar Meteor Event during Leonid Meteor Showers in 2001
Authors:	Chandrasekhar, T Kikani, P. K Mathur, S. N
Keywords:	Leonids Moon Optical flashes CCD Video Absolute time
Issue Date:	2003
Publisher:	Astronomical Society of India
Citation:	BASI, Vol. 31, No. 3&4, pp. 325 - 328
Abstract:	We report a probable transient lunar meteor event observed during careful video recording of the unlit portion of the moon during the Leonid shower activity on 18th November 2001. A video CCD was attached to the 1.2m Gurushikhar telescope with a tele-compressor for observing an unlit portion of the moon with a field of view of 3.95 x 2.75. Absolute time accuracy of 1 sec was maintained. Subsequent study of the video tape vielded five candidate events one of which has been independently observed. Details of the experiment, results and prospects of co-ordinated observations are discussed.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2407
Appears in Collections:	BASI Publications

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